Awning-support.



Patented June 13, 19 11.

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LORNE EMERY KENNEDY, 0F TOGO, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

AWNING-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1911.

Application filed November 4, 1909. Serial No. 526,272.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lonnn EMERY KEN- NEDY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of Togo, in the Province of Saskatchewan, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful improvements in AwningSupports, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in awning supports, as described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel construction and arrangement 0 parts, whereby the lower end of the awning is held in an extended position from the window frame by a pair of arms pivot-ally and telescopically connected at their outer ends to a tubular member secured in the lower end of the awning and removably held at their inner ends to the window frame.

The objects of the invention are to arrange the awning so that it may be rolled upon a spring roller with facility, and todevise a means for supporting the lower end in an extended position which will not interfere with the rolling up of the awning and which may be easily and quickly adjusted to an extended position or detached and closed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of an awning showing my support applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective detail showing the lower end corner of the awning and one of the supporting arms connected to the tubular member and the bracket for supporting the inner end of said arm, said tubular. member being partially broken away. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the tubular member and supporting arms in the telescoped or closed position, said tubular members and arms being broken intermediate of their lengths. Fig. 4C is a vertical cross section through the tubular member.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the awning supported at its upper end upon the spring roller 2 which is secured to the window frame in any desired manner.

3 is a loop formed at the lower end of the awning 1 and extending completely across the front portion thereof and open at the ends.

4 are the side flaps secured to the outer edges of the main portion of the awning and adapted to close in the side opening when the awning is extended.

5 is a tubular member formed in cross section, substantially the shape of the figure 8. The upper and lower cylindrical portions 6 and 7 being arranged with a longi tudinal slot 8 forming a communicating passage between the upper and lower chambers formed thereby. The upper cylindrical portion of the member 5 extends beyond the ends of the lower portion 7 and said upper portion is closed in at both ends by the caps 9.

10 are a pair of arms preferably formed of pieces of round iron having the outer ends 11 bent into right angular relation with the main portion thereof.

12 are spherical knobs fixedly secured to the extremities of the ends 11. The ball shaped ends are inserted into the upper cylindrical portion 6 of the member 5 before the caps 9 are placed in position and the ends (5 extend downwardly through the slot 8. 7

13 are flat disks fixedly secured to the opposite ends of the arms 10..

14: are brackets, rectangular in shape and each formed with a dished or offset central portion 15 and a vertical slot 16 arranged centrally of the dished portion and extending downwardly from the top edge. The dished or offset portions of the brackets 5 are adapted to receive the disk ends 13 of the arms 10, said arms fitting into the vertical slots 16.

17 are offset tongues projecting downwardly from the bottom edge of the'brackets 14; The the outer faces of the window frame 18 by suitable nails or screws and when the awn- 'ing is drawn down, the telescopic arms are brackets '14 are rigidly secured to.

drawn outwardly until they clear the outer ends of the lower cylindrical portions 7 of the member 5, the spherical knobs sliding in the upper member quite freely. lVhen the inner'ends of the arms 10 are moved clear of the lower portion of the member 5, the said arms are swung into right angular relation with the said tubular member, the knobs 12 holding the said arms securely in connection with said member and the disk ends of the said arms are inserted into the brackets 14 secured to the windowframe. The fiat disk ends bearing against the window frame and held closely thereto by the said brackets are held quite firmly so that the outer end of the awning is supported rigidly in its extended position.

The flaps 4 are provided with suitable rings 19 at their inner lower corners which are hooked under the tongues 17 projecting downwardly from the brackets 14 and the said flaps thus secured in place. It may be found desirable to button the edges of the flaps to the inside edge of the window frames and for this purpose I form a number of button holes 20 therein, suitable buttons being secured to the inner edge of said window-frame.

21 are button holes formed in the side flaps 4 close to the seam connecting the flaps and front portion of the awning. These button holes are provided in case it is clesired to have the awning buttoned in close as a blind, rather than having it extend as an awning.

The form of awning shown herein and described is very neat, light and serviceable and the awning may be very quickly adjusted or released, the release being elfected by simply lifting the disk ends of the arms 10 clear of the brackets 14 and swinging the arms outwardly and sliding them inwardly into the tubular member 5. When the arms are closed in this manner it will be seen that thetubular member merely forms a weighted bar across the end of the blind. The flaps may then be folded in and their inner corners or edges secured together and the blind rolled up.

This device is very simple and may be constructed very cheaply. There are no nuts or screws of any kind to become displaced or lost and no parts that will become inoperative through corrosion or accumulation of dust. V What I claim as my invention is 1. In an awning support, the combination with the awning, of a tubular member secured to thelower end of said awning, a pair of arms telescoping into said tubular member from opposite ends and having angularly bent ends, said arms being adapted to be withdrawn and swung laterally from parallel relation with said arms to positions substantially at right angles thereto, means for engaging the inner bent ends of said arms to limit their outward withdrawal, and means for securing the free ends of said arms to the window frame.

2. In an awning support, the combination with the awning, of a tubular member having a longitudinal slot therein, a pair of arms having angularly bent ends, said arms being adapted to telescope into said tubular member and said angularly bent portions being adapted to extend through said slot and to slide therein, knobs secured to the extremities of said angularly bent ends, means secured to said tubular member for engaging said knobs to limit the outward movement of said arms, and means for securing the opposite ends of said arms to the window frame.

3. Inv an awning support, the combination with the awning supported at its upper end upon a spring roller, of a tubular member substantially 8-shaped in cross section and having a longitudinal slot forming a communicating passage between the interior of the upper and lower cylindrical portions, a pair of arms having angularly bent ends and knobs secured at the extremities of said ends and slidably held within the upper portion of said tubular member, and means for securing the said inner ends of said arms to the window-frame. V

4:- In an awning support, the combination with the awning and spring roller having a looped pocket formed at its lower end extending thereacross, a tubular member formed of a pair of cylindrical tubes secured together in longitudinal relation one to the other and each having a slot opening forming a common communicating passage therebetween extending through the length of said members, said lower member terminating short of the ends of said upper member and being open at its ends and said upper member having its ends closed, a pair of arms having upturned outer ends extending through a slot in said tubular members, spherical knobs fixedly secured to the extremities of said upturned ends and sliding within the said upper tubular member, and means for holding the disk ends of said arms.

5. In an awning support, the combination with a blind and-spring roller, of a tubular member secured to the bottom end of said blind, arms pivotally and telescopically connected to said tubular member, brackets secured to the window-frame adapted to receive the inner ends of said armsand having downwardly extending tongues, and a pair of side flaps secured to the edges of said blind and'having suitable rings or loops secured to the inner corners thereof and adapted to hook over the tongues of said brackets.

6. In an awning support, the combination with a blind and spring roller, of a tubular member secured to the bottom end of said blind, a pair of arms extensibly connected at one end to said tubular member and each having flat disk-shaped ends, and a pair of brackets formed With an oiiset central por- 10 tion forming a pocket and a vertical slot extending doWn from the top edge.

Signed at Togo, Saskatchewan, this 21st day of October, 1909.

LORNE EMERY KENNEDY. Witnesses:

J. W. MITCHELL, CHARLES F. H. J AMES.

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